Alexandra Petri Quotes

Dull words are what make many bright sentences shine. They do not call attention to themselves.

Alexandra Petri

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WordsShineAttentionBrightCall

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

ManBeliefMadeHeBelievesHis

I have sung, but I haven't sung in any way that I would ever call myself 'a singer.'

Jennifer Grey

MyselfWaySingerCallWouldEver

Designing a game can be like a Japanese garden. It's not what you put in but how much you take away.

Jenova Chen

GameYouGardenTakeAwayJapanese

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

John Dryden

FateThingsObeyMustAll Things

There's good movies and there's bad movies. The genres are never dead, it's just about how to apply them and articulate them and execute them - the story, the quality of the writing, the acting, the design elements, the directorial execution - all these things make it what it is.

Andy Garcia

GoodQualityWritingStoryDesign

Soap operas are like TV boot camp. You have to be able to self-direct, learn a ton of dialogue in a short amount of time, and deliver a performance in one or two takes.

Andrea Navedo

TimePerformanceShortLearnYou

All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it's a sign of security.

Mel Brooks

WomenWifeWomanMeShortSecurity

Time, which runs through the world like an endless tinsel thread, seemed to pass through the centre of this room and through the centre of these people and suddenly to pause and petrify, stiff, still and glittering... and the objects in the room drew a little closer together.

Robert Musil

TimeTogetherPeopleWorldPause

We will always obey the law. We will follow the rule of law.

Robert J. Bentley

LawRule Of LawWillFollowAlways

It's important for us as a family to go and sit in the woods sometimes.

Stella McCartney

FamilyWoodsGoImportantSometimes

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

Simone de Beauvoir

WomanBornBecomes

Extraordinary measures were required and I realize that not all of these steps were popular.

Tom McCall

RealizeExtraordinaryStepsPopular

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